Neo's original name from The Matrix and, as pointed out to me by the teacher of my Early Christianity course, a gnostic reference.

Thomas: For Saint Thomas, or "Doubting Thomas," the apostle credited as founder of the gnostic sect and patron of Syria.

Anderson: From Andros' son, or The Son of Man, the messiah.

And of course, "Neo" itself is an anagram of The One.

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